Tie-slip.



J. A. FINLEY.

TIE S LIP. APPLICATION FILED D5028. 1917.

1,289,433. Patented Oct. 1, 1918..

W/e a. -W wa/ JAMES A. FINLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIE-SLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct. I, HMS.

Application filed December 28, 1917. Serial No. 209,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. FINLEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTie-Slips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tie slips and has for its objectthe provision of a construction adapted to facilitate the slipping orsliding of a tie through an ordinary turndown or double collar or thelike.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which, I

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a necktie in position of use on acollar and equipped with a slip, embodying the invention, and

Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same.

. The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingscomprises abridging member 3 formed of a metallic strip or plate havingits ends I bent slightly with respect thereto and adapted to contactwith the inner side 5 of an ordinary turnover or double collar 6 onopposite sides of a collar button 6 therein. Slots 7 are provided in thebent-over ends 4 to aline with each other and distanced from the extremeedges of the ends 4 sufliciently to cause a tie 8 passing therethroughto pass substantially clear of or contact but lightly with the head ofthe collar button 6'.

In use the slip is placed over the band or narrow portion of the tie byslipping or sliding the tie through the slots 7 and the slip is thenplaced in the collar on opposite sides of the button hole therein. Thecollar is attached in the usual manner so that the button 6 fallsbetween the ends of the slip which thus holds the tie band from materialcontact with the collar button. When the tie is drawn or slipped ineither direction, the slip travels therewith until the corresponding end4: contacts with the collar button, whereupon the tie is free to slideeasily therethrough.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A tie slip comprising a metallic plate having its opposite ends bentwith relation thereto to rest against a collar and hold the body of saidplate outwardly from the collar button, there being tie guide slots insaid bent ends distanced from the extreme ends thereof, substantially asdescribed.

2. A tie clip comprising a metallic plate having its opposite ends bentinwardly to rest against a collar and hold the body of said plateoutwardly beyond the collar button, there being tie guide slots in saidbent ends distanced from the extreme ends thereof and adjacent the endsof the body of said plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. FINLEY.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'r'rs, HELEN F. LILLIs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

